AU$10,600 Main Event Day 1b | 2019 Aussie Millions

01-28-2019 20:23 UTC+10

Player	Chips	Progress
John-Christian Templeton	135,000	20,000
Julian Stuer	118,000	-2,000
Tyron Krost	48,000	2,000
Jonathan Roy	44,000	6,000
Angel Guillen	41,000	17,000
Scott Davies	37,000	1,000
Ashley Sleeth	37,000	5,000
Tatjana Zizic	35,000	-2,000
Bryan Huang	30,000	30,000
Andrew Hinrichsen	30,000	30,000
Grant Levy	30,000	30,000
James Hopkins	29,000	5,000
Dejan Boskovic	28,000	28,000
Srdjan Brkic	14,000	-16,000
James Hachem	12,000	12,000

Gill Waxes Lyrical After Lodge Flop Raise

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Oliver Gill opened to 900 and got called in two spots by Billy 'The Croc' Argyros and Harry Lodge on the button. Gill continued for 2,100 on a flop and Argyros folded before Lodge raised to 5,800.

"I'm trying to think of any hands that raise this flop out of all the hands," said Gill to Lodge after thinking for 30 seconds or so.

"Sounds to me that you're folding," replied Lodge.

"It sounds to me that I'm folding, but folding here is so bad," said Gill.

He thought a while longer.

"I mean it'd be pretty sick if I was to raise you here, I've done that before," said Gill.

"I don't see it happening," said Lodge, before Gill folded.

"Nittiest fold I've done in a long time," said Gill. "If I told you I folded aces, would you believe me?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Harry Lodge	57,000	7,000
Oliver Gill	39,000	14,000

Tags: Harry Lodge Oliver Gill

01-28-2019 19:53 UTC+10

Cox Doubles Through Karita

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a four-way flop of , the action checked to Dean Cox and he bet 1,900. Amanda De Cesare called on the button and Shoshiro Karita check-raised out of the small blind, making it 5,300 to go. Cox shoved for the last 10,850 and De Cesare folded, Karita called.

Dean Cox:
Shoshiro Karita:

Yazbeck had some outs and immediately improved with the turn. The river was the blank and that secured the double for Yazbeck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shoshiro Karita	36,000	-14,000
Dean Cox	26,000
Amanda De Cesare	21,000	-24,000

Tags: Amanda De Cesare Dean Cox Shoshiro Karita

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

01-28-2019 18:27 UTC+10

Dinner Break; 1996 Champion Nelson Still In, Stuer Leads

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Former Champion Lee Nelson holds the record for most Aussie Millions final tables

From the 264 players who have entered Day 1b so far, the 204 remaining players in the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event are going on their 75-minute dinner break after four levels of action.

By comparison, last year's Day 1b attracted 196 entrants. Day 1a yesterday had a slight year-on-year fall in numbers, but with today's field a bumper one, the 2019 Aussie Millions Main Event is already ahead of where it was at the same stage last year.

Just like yesterday, plenty of big names have jumped into the field, including former champions Lee Nelson and Tyron Krost, the latter of which fell by the wayside earlier today.

Nelson already has one final table at this year's Aussie Millions, finishing sixth for AU$8,505 in the H.O.R.S.E. and he is joined in the Day 1b field by 2019 Six Max champion Bart Lybaert, Oliver Gill, Sarah Bilney, Scott Davies were also in attendance, as well as Chino Rheem.

Sadly for the AU$25,000 Challenge third-place finisher Rheem, he lasted just two hands before busting from the tournament.

An early big stack was Clinton Taylor, but Julian Stuer jumped over 100,000 in chips after doubling through a player with pocket aces after flopping a set of sevens.

With three more levels after the dinner break, stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates as players bag up for Day 2.

Tags: Bart Lybaert Clinton Taylor Julian Stuer Lee Nelson Oliver Gill Sarah Bilney Scott Davies Tyron Krost

01-28-2019 18:24 UTC+10

Lew Chips Up With Kings

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

With already 13,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Randy Lew bet 4,000 in the small blind and was called by Andrew Chen in the cutoff. It would be the last chips that both players invested in the hand, as the turn and river brought no betting action.

Lew turned over the for kings and sevens, and that won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Chen	53,000	-7,000
Randy Lew	49,000	11,000

Tags: Andrew Chen Randy Lew

01-28-2019 18:16 UTC+10

Assorted Counts From Level 4

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clinton Taylor	50,000	-40,000
Pascal Rabany	48,000	22,000
Tyron Krost	46,000	18,000
Oliver Weis	40,000	10,000
Yuri Ishida	38,000	18,000
Steven Miller	36,000	-24,000
Ashley Sleeth	32,000	6,700
Jonathan Karamalikis	32,000	15,000
Tristan “SkunkDen” Bain	31,000	5,000
Jack Sinclair	22,000	4,000
Steven Warburton	15,500	500
Guillaume Nolet	15,000	-12,000
Joe Hachem	Busted

01-28-2019 18:06 UTC+10

Lampropulos Back Over Starting

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a flop, two players checked to Maria Lampropulos who bet 2,000. One of them called and the turn was the .

The pair checked and the river was the . It checked to Lampropulos again who bet 6,000, which elicited a quick fold from her opponent.

Lampropulos is now back over starting stack with twenty minutes before the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Lampropulos	33,000	7,000

Tags: Maria Lampropulos

01-28-2019 17:54 UTC+10

Assorted Pre Dinner Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Clinton Taylor	90,000	7,000
Andrew Chen	60,000	10,000
Dominik Panka	51,000	-2,000
Shoshiro Karita	50,000	15,000
Harry Lodge	50,000	11,000
Celina Lin	44,000	-1,000
Daniel Hachem	41,000	8,000
[Removed:415]	38,000	-12,000
Randy Lew	38,000	8,000
Jonathan Roy	38,000	-19,000
Billy Argyros	37,000	7,000
Scott Davies	36,000	5,000
Sam Cohen	27,000	-11,000
Daniel Laidlaw	23,000	-10,000
Yuri Ishida	20,000	-10,000
Michael Seymour	15,000	-3,000
Joe Hachem	8,000	-16,500
Bart Lybaert	7,000	-20,000
Nick DiVella	Busted